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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-10-21
SHEPHERDsTOWN, W. VA, FRIDAY,
Sic Itur Ad Astra.

Thou selfish one who seekest heaven
Through fear Of final fire,
And never had for heaven itself
The first sincere desire.
Supreme unselfshness alone
Can for the skies prepare.
And he alone may hope for heaven
Who loyeth what is there.
Thus asking God to grant the boon
Thou hast not tried to win,
Beseeching His forgiving grace,
Yet never hating sin.
And, coward, whining for the heaven
Where only brave souls are
Whoever in the realms of space
Resolves that happy star.
The object of the good mans hopes
And goal Of all his quest;
Bright sphere Of life and growth and Joy,
And work that giveth rest
That place OF earth is nearest heaven
Where the unselfish dwell,
And when there is but selfishness
There needs no other hell.
1t was fratricide declared
His brother not his care,
And he alone is sure OF heaven
Who leads an other there.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-10-21
a Belnred Bushw hn cker.


face expressive Of suspicion was arrest
ed for shooting United States soldier.
1t appeared from the evidence that the
soldier was peaceahly walking along =
quiet street. when. suddenly, the long
haired man sprang from behind tree
and fired at him. When he had been
arraigncd. and before the judge had
asked a question concerning the case, he
said:
81 don't expect no show, so whut is
the use nv all this foolishness?"
What do you mean?" the judge de-
maHded.
"Wall. jest mean that ! never heard
NV the Yankees foolin' very long with er
bushwhacker.'
"Thc man is crazy said the judge.
I'm Ice blamed if am"
Then what do you mean:'
"w'y, | am er-rebel soldier, that's
what | mean. Yes, an shot at that
yankee jest the same as any NV the rest
NV the boys would have done
"My friend" said the judge, ais il
possible that you do not know that the
war is over!'
"Wul's overw the prisoner gasped.
Yes, indeed more than twenty years
ago. Where have you been keeping
yourself?'
The prisoner, thoroughly overcome,
sat down. The crowd that had assem-
bled gazed with deep interest upon him.
The sympathetic judge suffered him TO
take his own time. After u while he
said
"Its blamed strange. Wy | thought
the war was goin' on yit. The last
regular fight | was in, an IL was a
mighty long time ago, us fellers was
putty badly whipped, so tuck to my
staid up thar till the other day, an then
thinkin' that I'd try the thing few mo
whirls, came down, but couldn't find
the enemy, but got holt of newspa-
per and seed, as | thought, that the war
was still goin' on. | seed whar some
feller was elected to office, not because
he could read, but because he flt well In
the army. The way il read | thought
that the editor had just hung up
some fresh scalps In his office an |
felt sorter shamed Nv myself, jurkin
round with nary scalp. so putan eX-
ira charge in my old fuzee an struck
out. came all the way TO this town
without seeing single yankee, but !
seed one putty soon afterwards, an
cracked a loose at him. So yer say the
wars over?'
Yes"
"Dun quit fightin'?"
"Long ago"
(Which sides whuppedT' T'
"The South"
"South dun whupped?"
eyes"
"Whar's LeeY"
Dead"
"Lee dead2"
Yes"
"Who killed himP
''Died a natural death
"Whar's the other generalsY
"In Congress.
can the colOnels?"
''In the legislatures Of the different
States"
"Whar are the priyates|
Dead"
"All killed?"
Every one
"what are you goin' to do with me?'
Nothing, you may 60"
"Wall, If Lee an all the privates Is
dead; if the South is whipped, an the
generals an colonels are all Knocked
under, reckon the best thing ken do
is to quit"
"Where DO you liver
"My wife and children live out here
in Saline county. ain't seed them
sense fust Tined the army, an I'D bet
ter Jog on out that way ef the wars over
fer recken they're sort of on0asy about
me by this me."-Arkdnsas Trdreter.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-10-21

that one of them would climb up to her
corner window by means of the conduc-
tor. enter without disturbing her, as she
was a sound sleeper, and go for that
money. What did she do but 60 out and
buy a steel trap-something big enough
to l.Uld fox. She got one of the SER
warts 10 set it for her, and the open trap
VS.. LACED in the top bureau drawer,
and the chain led out through the back
side and made fast.
Two nights passed without another
depreciation. We were keeping such a
sharp lookout that the fellows had to be
more sly. On the third night, at exact
ly a quarter of y, the old maid was
aroused from her deep sleep by hu-
man yell Of i.a:n, and she was no sooner
on end than she saw that she had caught
her man. He was down on his knees in
front of the bureau, and both hands
were fast in the trap. His first yell was
his only one. When he found the wo-
man was awake lie calmly observed:
Excuse me, tut think I'm in the
wrong room. Please don't make any
disturbance about it,"
"Who are your"
"a friend of Wills, and we both came
home little sprung. Won't you please
help me to get my hands loose?"
There was n viii about the house
The mans own son-but he had not been
out that evening, nor was he in the
habit of drinking. Without getting out
of bed the woman touched an electric
button, and within ten minutes the
house was aroused, and two policemen
had the man in charge. The jaws of the
trap had caught him about the wrists,
and he had suffered a good deal Of pain.
He was the Judge Wilcox chap, Burn
sides, umction and all. When taken TO
the station his whiskers were found to
be glued on, and he also had false wig.
When these were removed he stood
forth as pert and trim thief as you
wish to overhaul. He turned out to be
a New Orleans man named Davis, and
was only 26 years old.
The capture of DaviS'S partner fol-
lowed swiftly, and also in a curious
way. As a train was about ready to
leave for the North, a spruce young fell
low came into the baggage department
at the depot to get his trunk checked.
1t was there all right, but he got into a
charge for bringing it down, and the
depot officer finally arrested both. On
the way to the station the young fellow
tried to bribe the officer, and that set
tied him. We went for the trunk, and
when It was opened every dollars
worth of property which had been
stolen was found therein. If there was
a third man in the party, which some Of
us believed. he saved his bacon and got
out some other way. In the baggage Of
the second man, whom we never iden-
tilted, were three different wigs and
whiskers 10 match. Both had been in
disguise when abroad, and it was little
wonder we could not spot the right
men. Both are still in prison, or have
not been at liberty over a year.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-10-21

"Speaking about men who get 10
their work. remarked Scrogg, "lknow
one man who never falls"
"Who is that!" asked Joggins.
she isl well digger. You see, be
can't do bis work at all unless he gets
i:it."
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-10-21
Everything

is a big word in store keeping, 10 keep every
thing men, women and children wear except
ladies hats of the finer medium and common
grades. means something big. II the readers
will walk down one aisle and up the other in
the Updegraffs stoI es, distance OF four hun
dred and forty feet, looking at the piles OF
goods on each side, and read the black
boards, telling what they are and the prices
at which they are sold, they will naturally
conclude that here is the place 10 find every
thing and anything that people wear at the
lowest prices, and that the advice gwen uon
you buy until you examine them is worthy
of their time and attention.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-10-21
"DOn't You DO IL -

No matter If the Updegraffs store is out Of
the way. No matter If 1t costs you day $
travel and some expense TO reach II, we pre-
dict that the information gained In thor
oughly examining the goods and prices In this
store will amply repay your expenses and
time, To say nothing OF the money saved In
you are ready 10 buy anything or everything
people wear, fine, medium or common
quality, don't you do it until you have care
fully examined the goods and prices In the
Updegrafi stores at HagerstOwn, Md.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-10-21
FOR SALE.

BIG LOT OF NoTIoNs.-In order TO re-
n dl ce our stock of druggists sundries, we
will sell our large stock of fine Notions very
cheap. Call to see what we have. We have
lust what you need-Tooth Brushes, Nail
Brushes Hair Brushes, Pocket and Toilet
Combs. Purses and Portmonnaies, Hand Mir
rors Clothes Brushes, Court Plasters in books,
Scissors Indelible Pencils, Folding Scissors,
Pencil and Ink Erasers, Putty Knives PEN
knives &c, &c. BAKER & MCMURRAN.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-10-21

A bad boy in Chicago threw a stone
into the drawing-room Of a dwelling on
Michigan avenue. 1t hit his sister on
the lips and broke two front teeth be-
longing to a young man who was visit
ing her. The incident seems TO convey
its own warning.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-10-21

"J6nes has gone TO the spirit land, !"
remarked one man to another.
What! Jones dead :" was the reply.
81 hadn't heard of it,"
~ didn't say be was dead"
'sYou said he'd gone to the spirit land"
so he has-gone TO Kentucky, the
country Of old Bourbon"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-10-21
Don't You DO Ii.

Very few people can afford to part with
their money for anything less than its full
value. Until you have thoroughly investi-
gated the sources of supply and know where
to get the most for your money, II Is not wise
to let IL slip out of your pockets into other
peoples pockets Many people part with
their money without proper care or thought,
hut .sdonit yOu do IL. ~
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-10-21
Custom and Law

Compels people to wear clothing and it takes
money to get clothing. With the present
low prices Tor farm products and labor, II Is
lust as much ones duty TO buy where they
can get the most and best for their money, as
IL is to labor or till the soil, in order to get
money with which TO supply their wants.
Some people are foolish enough to think ana
act OF therMise but "dOn't YOU do II.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-10-21
Money Saved is Money Earned.

Speaking of clothing and materials to make
them, for men, women and children, we as
sert that the immense stores OF the Messrs;
Updegraffs, at Hagerstown, are not surpassed
by any stores in the State for quantity, va
riety, latest STYLES and low prices, and when
YOU have money TO spend for articles OF wear,
don't let it slip though your hands until you
have visited this store and carefully noted
the quality, styles and prices. A dollar saved
is a dollar made, and the easiest way in this
world TO make dollar is to save 1t. Some
people act otherwise, but If you value money
s.lon Won do IL ~
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-10-21

The average woman is composed OF
243 bones, l69 muscles, p old newspa-
pers and 2l0 hairpins.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-10-21
II +. SNYDER, PUBLISHER.
GEO. M. BELTZHOOVeR,
AND COUNSELOR,

,prpHFRsrowN, JEFFERSON Co., w. VA.
,\ppNPTattentiong given to Collections and
| ml legal business VIII practice In state
ana n,,,i,. I'm building next East of residence.
Ian. |, 1881.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-10-21
Quadruple Multiplier.

VHlS is a reel" Call and I'll explain. l
l want to say that have Quadrupled my
Stock of Fishing Tackle. At present am
not fixed To exhibit my full line, but nope 10
do 50 before long. In the meantime | will
tell YOU that have variety of Rods, Jointed
and not jointed. Reels (silNered) from S5c 10
Si.jl: Brass Reels Plain, Click, stop drag
Balanced Handle from 10 yards to 80 yards.
Instead Of getting your line tangled up in the
bushes along the river If you will call I'll rig
you up with either brass or nickeled ferrules
10y which you can joint your own rods. ms
your amability and make your fishing more
enjoyable. Now you CA get at my place any
thing YOU want:
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-10-21
JAMES M. RANSOM, Jr.,

Doctor OF DENTAL SURGERY,
r,,,r,r Hotel Building, Shepherdstown, west
Inv Virginia.
vrI he in Shepherdstown the first Monday
10, .'.1 month and remain one week. once
i'.,.r.u 10 and > TO O'Clock.
Western Kansas world., 1887-10-29
Special Announcement.
KANSAS CRY. Mo-, Oct. IS.

KANSAS CRY, Mo-, Oct. Is, 1887.
Monday next, the 31st inst, will be made
Kansas day at the National Exposition in
Kansas City, and it is desired by the
management that the people of the state
avail themselves of the opportunity and
visit the exposition and examine the dis
plays. Special rates have been arranged
on all railroads traversing the state, and
the charge for round trip tickets from all
published at an early date. Tickets can
be secured from any Office on any rail-
road.
Governor Martin will bo present, also
Senator ingalls,, and possibly Senator
Plumb, with other distinguished citizens.
An attractive programme will be arrang-
ed, and every endeavor will be made to
make the day one of unequaled interest in
the history of the exposition and the state.
The Kansas City Exposition is the first
event of its character that has ever taken
place in the Southwest. It's exhibits are
of very novel, entertaining and instruc-
tive character, thoroughly typical of the
productiveness and industry of this region,
and should be visited by every man and
woman in the state to which Kansas City
owes most of its commercial pre-eminence
On the day set apart for Kansas day,
there will be a military parade in the city
and to the exposition building, music by
the great Gilmore band and the Third
regiment band, speeches by Governor
Martin, Senator Ingalls, and others, re-
sponses by Mayor Kumpf, Congressman
Warner and other prominent citizens of
Kansas City, and in other respects most
entertaining programme.
Do not fail to take advantage of this
great opportunity and be present at the
exposition on Monday, October 31st.
Western Kansas world., 1887-10-29

QUITE tight is being waged over
the Office of receiver of the q. S. land Of
fee at Wa-Keeney. which was vacated re-
GENTLY by Mr.. Pilkenton. There are many
applicants for the position by good Dem
Gratis of Kansas who could flL the Office
with credit, but no doubt some Southern
Confederate will be imported to keep
Register Beard, of Kentucky, company
fO6eriin Opinion. That's all moonshine.
Mr. Hlkenton is yet receiver here, and, as
yet, there is no yisible sign that the Dem
ocrats have sand enough to oust him.
Against Mr.. Pilkenton as an official. the
World has not word to say; but as a
Republican, who is we'll fixed financially.
he ought to resign. doff his political coat,
and give the Democracy his old.time fusi-
ladies' OF shot and she'll
Western Kansas world., 1887-10-29
The Verdict Unanimous.

W. D. Suit, Druggist, Bippus, Ind, tes-
'testifes: II can recomend Electric Bitters
as the very best remedy. Every bottle
sold has given relief in every case. One
man took six bottles, and was cured ol
rheumatism of 10 years Standing" Abra-
ham Hare, Druggist, Belleville, Ohio,
afirms: ''The best selling medicine !
have ever handled in my 20 years expe-
rience is Electric Bitters." Thousands
of others have added their testimony, so
that the verdict is unanimous that Elec-
trio Bitters do cure all diseases of the
liver, kidneys or blood. Only half dol
lar bottle at DR.. Jones's Drug store
Western Kansas world., 1887-10-29

REPUBLICANS who are after that
class of diarrhea cruel will doubtless get
some very nice advice from the basement
Dem. organ this fall. The bulk of the
Republican party in Trego county is COM
rosed of hard-working, honest men, who
will tolerate no bushwhacking attempts
to ALLEVIATE them from their party ticket
men who are ready to act on the principle
that the Republican majority in this
county owes no concession to Bourbonism
because it assumes the whining-minority
attitude. There is not level-headed
man in Trego county who will not concede
that there are, from the very nature OF
affairs, dozen reasons for local Demo-
cratic detection to one for any wavering OF
the Republican lines.
Western Kansas world., 1887-10-29

DEMOCRATIC aggression in west
ern Kansas grows out of the studied use
of federal patronage. Kansas, from end
to end, is as naturally Republican as the
climate OF Bogata is warm. Republi-
cans in this county generally profess to
be united on the proposition that the in
solent pretenses of the Democratic spoils
raiders into western Kansas ought to be
rebuked. A united Republican vote is
the strongest possible rebuke. Boilers
aid the Democratic outfit.
Western Kansas world., 1887-10-29
Olive. the Fugitive.

The report has been circulated in this
community that some weeks ago the
sheriff OF Clark county, in this state, sent
a request here for papers to be made out
and sent to him for the capture of young
Olive, the fugitive from justice. That
sheriff is reported as having written that
he was seeing Olive frequently, and could
take him as easily as not.
We are authorized to state that neither
Sherf Baker nor his under sheriff, Joseph
Escher, has received any such request.
Olive is said to be at Beaver City. in No
Mans Land. A Kansas officer has no
legal right to go there to arrest him.
Judge Osborn, at the last term Of the dis
trict court at this place, is said to have
ordered that new warrant be made out
for his arrest. We are assured that no
pains will be spared to secure his arrest.
Western Kansas world., 1887-10-29
JEFF DAVIS was not going to

JEFF DAVIS was not going to
speak to the thirty thousand rebel SOL
diers at Macon, Ga, on Wednesday. His
health was bad. He was only going to
review them. But the sight of the tat
tered rebel flag futtering in the balmy
breeze captured him, and then his regular
flow of treason belched forth. Davis can
keep treason odious with Union men, but
he continues to make it respectable with
Dixie Democracy.
Western Kansas world., 1887-10-29
The Sugar Industry,

The result Of the work done at Fort
Scott, Kan, in using the diffusion process
for the manufacture Of sugar promises to
reyolutiOnize the sugar industry In this
country. Last year Commissioner Oolman
secured an appropriation for the purpose
of experimenting with the diffusion pro-
cess in making sugar from sorghum and
cane. Machinery was imported from
Germany, and the results were not alto
pether satisfactory, but with the new
American made machinery more has been
accomplished than was claimed or expect.
ed.
The sorghum cane from 600 acres OF land
near Fort Scott has been used in the
mills, and the result has been astonishing
TO the manufacturers. One hundred
pounds of sugar to the ton has been made
from the first striking, and it is estimated
that twenty pounds will be made from the
second. One hundred and twenty pounds
will be worth $3.50 wholesale. With that
there are two bushels ofseed; putting that
at 50 cents bushel, is a dollar more,
$3.50. Ten gallons of molasses at 20
cents gallon is also produced, and we
find that $3.50 is received for every ton OF
cane that goes through the mill. The
grower receives 50 per ton, and there
ought to be about $3.50 left to pay expen-
ses of labor. You can figure it out and see
whether there is any profit in this indus.
try.
The soil of Kansas is said to be pecu.
iarly adapted to the cultivation of sor-
ghum, producing an average of from, ten
to twelve tons per acre each year, and one
man with a pair of horses can cultivate
forty to fifty acres With the price at 50
per ton this would give as the result of
of one mans labor for few weeks each
year from $500 to $1,000. There is hard
" state in the central belt of the Union
but what will give as great a yield per
acre of the sorghum cane as does the land
in Kansas, and it would seem that new
industry is about to be developed which
will prevent the sending abroad over
S1O0,0O0.OOO year for the purchase OF
one of the absolute necessaries oflife.
Commissioner Colman deserves great
credit for his perseverance in this matter
and is to be congratulated on its success.
It has been we'll said that the man who
causes two blades of grass to grow where
only one grew formerly is benefactor OF
mankind, and the man who succeeds in
establishing a great industry giving profit
able employment to thousands of people,
should certainly have similar honors.
The National Republican has persistent
ly opposed the attempt to force the cult
vation of tropical plant in an unsuitable
climate by tax on the people for the
benefit of few, but it will hail with de-
light the day when the country can pro-
duce the sugar she resds, ani it would
seem that day is at hand.
Kansas has offered bounty of two cents
per pound for every pound of sugar pro-
duced in the state. The United States
ought to repeal its import tax on sugar and
offer similar bounty for every pound of
sugar produced from any material. That
would reduce the surplus money in the
treasury and encourage the building up of
a new and profitable industry.
Western Kansas world., 1887-10-29
FAIR MEETING.

President McGarvie, of the fair
association, has called a meeting in
Wa-Keeney at 2 o'clock P. M. to-day
Saturday. The object in calling
the meeting is to have the subject of
organizing permanent fair associa-
ton discussed and acted upon.
There is a general sentiment in favor
Of the organization Of permanent
fair association. The idea has been
advanced that the capital stock
should be $1,000, that the shares
should represent ten dollars each,
and that no one person should be
permitted to hold more than ten
shares.
As we expressed ourself before the
recent fair was held, nothing appears
to our mind which can be of greater
immediate or permanent value to
Trego county than a well regulated
annual fair. The WORLD trusts that
our business men will not, in spirit
Of forgetfulness or on the plea of
having too much to do at home, fail
to attend the meeting to-day and
clinch the desirable matter of organ
izing permanent fair association.
Western Kansas world., 1887-10-29

Friday Of last week was the seventh
anniversary OF the marriage of Mr.. and
Mrs. John A. Nelson. A number oI
friends were invited to take supper with
them, without the nature of the occasion
being stated. In one case, though, the
nature OF the affair was surmised, and q
Large and costly cabinet album, with
compliments OF Mrs. A. II. Blair, old
Blair and young Blair" was presented
TO Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson. A number OF
mature age took supper with the happy
couple, and q number of young folks
spent the evening with them.
Western Kansas world., 1887-10-29

j. W. Burns, of Collyer township, has
been employed by the county commits.
sioners to superintend the work on the
court house. He is to receive three dol
lars per day for what time he is employed
this fall, and three and half day after
work opens in the spring. Mr.. Burns &
pay will come from outside of MI. Bar
retts contract money. The commission
ers, it occurs to us, have made an excellent
selection for superintendent. Mr.. Burns
Is an old stone cutter, and bears an envi-
able reputation for efficiency as work
man.
Western Kansas world., 1887-10-29
The Herald claims to have q

The Herald claims to have a
proposition from responsible parties who
are desirous of starting canning factory
at McAllaster, providing substantial en-
couragemeut is given. The enterprise is
to cost between seven and eight thousand
dollars, and employ from three to four
hundred persons from two to three
months during the year. What are they
going to can, Israel? Buffalo grass seeds?